“When a moose the size of a pickup truck starts running your direction, you suddenly remember who’s really in charge out here,” wrote Orange Man in an Instagram post sharing a viral video of a moose on an Alaska highway. The footage is from the point of view of someone driving in a vehicle on the highway behind the moose. A woman states that she wants to stay clear of the animal, because it could change direction at any moment. Then, it does.
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The moose turns around, heads toward the vehicle, makes eye contact with the camera, and passes by peacefully. The people in the car seem to hold their breath collectively as this all happens.
“Alaska: where wildlife always has the right of way . . . Moose or freight train?” jokes Orange Man in the post.
Watch a moose on an Alaska highway below (or see it here).
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